Big Fat Penguin Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Hey guys, im really dumb regarding pc building and all, i currently have a pc with a Nvidia GT 710. Was wondering if a GTX 1050 would be compatible with my motherboard? ( All i know about the motherboard is that it accepts a GT 710 and Nvidia Quadro FX 4800 ) If not, what are other options? I also dont mind substitutes to the GTX 1050 that could be possibly cheaper/better also my processor is Intel Xeon 5660 if that helps Thanks all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Walking Wingull Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 If your system already supported a gt 710 then I don't see why a 1050 wouldn't work. But if you can leave your whole systems specs in here it would be a lot easier to tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pewpewAttack Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 use pc partspicker select ur motherboard and the graphics card you want to replace It with and it should let you know. Also figure out if ur power supply will work with the graphics card by selecting it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fat Penguin Posted July 2, 2017 Author Share Posted July 2, 2017 Thanks guys, but the problem is I didn't buy this PC and my dad just bought this thing as a whole and now i want to upgrade it, so i don't really know the specs of this thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamWTS Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 What's the name of your motherboard? It would help us a lot. If you don't know, use Speccy to check. To be fair every modern (PCI-E) card will work with any modern PCI-E motherboard, but if it supports only up to PCI-E 2.0 you won't be able to achieve the card's full potential (where 1050 is a PCI-E 3.0 card). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fat Penguin Posted July 2, 2017 Author Share Posted July 2, 2017 thank you so much adam! never knew you could check your motherboard and what not uploaded a photo, don't really know which info you want. Need anything else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamWTS Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Okay I see. You have PCI-E 2.0 slots, a lot of them actually. A 1050 will surely work though, maybe not as well as on a 3.0, but it should still be able to play most games smoothly on medium settings. If you'd be unsatisfied, you could always upgrade the rest anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwesomeMcCoolName Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 6 hours ago, AdamWTS said: What's the name of your motherboard? It would help us a lot. If you don't know, use Speccy to check. To be fair every modern (PCI-E) card will work with any modern PCI-E motherboard, but if it supports only up to PCI-E 2.0 you won't be able to achieve the card's full potential (where 1050 is a PCI-E 3.0 card). 3 hours ago, AdamWTS said: Okay I see. You have PCI-E 2.0 slots, a lot of them actually. A 1050 will surely work though, maybe not as well as on a 3.0, but it should still be able to play most games smoothly on medium settings. If you'd be unsatisfied, you could always upgrade the rest anyway. Pcie 2.0x16/3.0x8 barely impacts a 1080ti's performance. So a 1050 will work perfectly with the board. The question is how much the cpu will bottleneck the gpu and how shitty of PSU is in the system. The 1050 draws very little power, so the PSU will probably be fine. To what extent the cpu will bottlenecks depends on the specific games in question and the resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fat Penguin Posted July 2, 2017 Author Share Posted July 2, 2017 Thanks a lot guys! so my option is now 1050, unless you guys have any other recommendations ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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